[LAU] mastering dilemma

[Lieven Moors]

On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 01:07:47PM -0500, Brent Busby wrote:
> I'm going about the process of trying to learn what goes into
> commercial mastering (yeah, I know...), and one of the conundrums
> I've run into is that while most commercially produced music has a
> particular sort of common EQ curve to it, I have to really force
> myself to try to want that curve when I'm mixing.  Really, it just
> sounds cold.  Almost anything sounds better (at least on good
> speakers) with less cutting around 120-180Hz than most CD's seem to
> have.  And it really must be the result of EQ cuts too -- apart from

Mastering is also about getting a good sound on a lot of different
sound systems. My first guess would be that this frequency range could 
be problematic on some frequently used (and often cheap) systems, 
like car radios f.e.

greetings,

lieven